Judging Jehovah's Witnesses
Subtitle: Religious Persecution and the Dawn of the Rights Revolution
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: April 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780700610082
Subjects: American history: Second World War; Human rights; Jehovah's Witnesses; Religious groups; Social History; Second World War, 1939-1945; Christian Denominations And Sects; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Religion; USA; Comparative Religion; Political And Civil Rights; Christianity - General; 20th century; Freedom of religion; History; Persecution; United States
Description: "One of the worst outbreaks of religious persecution in U.S. history occured during World War II when Jehovah's Witnesses were intimidated, beaten, and even imprisoned for refusing to salute the flag or serve in the armed forces.".

"Determined to claim their First Amendment rights, Jehovah's Witnesses waged a tenacious legal campaign that led to twenty-three Supreme Court rulings between 1938 and 1946. Now Shawn Peters has written the first complete account of the personalities, events, and institutions behind those cases, showing that they were more than vindication for unpopular beliefs - they were also a turning point in the nation's constitutional commitment to individual rights."--BOOK JACKET.